Automobile body



March '17, 1925.

L. W. BARKER AUTOIOBILE BODY F11! Feb. 16, 1924 Patented Mar. 17, 1 925.i I v UNITED?! erate f LEE w. BARKER, oreoonme, IDAHO.

AUTOMOBILEBODY. Application filed February 16, 1924; SeriaI'No. 693,169.

To all whom it may concern: I mounted one after another upon these WiresBe it known that LEE W. -BARKER, a citiby threading the wires throughthe bores 5 zen of the United States, residing at Goodand forcing theribs tightly down one against ing, in the county of Gooding and State"of the other. The'opposite ends of the wires 55' Idaho, has inventedcertain new and useful are then passed;through the running boardImprovements in Automobile Bodies, of upon the opposite sidefo-f the carand are, which the following is a specification. there drawn tight/andsecured by nipplesla. This invention pertains to automobile bod-Brackets '6 are providedand mounted along: ice, and the object of theinvention. is to prothe frame 7', on each side of the car,'apair of ridea slatted form of construction for such brackets being positionedundereachofthe bodies whereby it one or more ribs become wires 13. The partedends of these brackets broken they may be readily replaced, and areextended in the for'mofjaws 8 having 1 the integrity of the body as awhole restored aligned bolt holes 9 therethro-ugh. Stabilizin acomparatively economical manner. ing loops 10 are provided' havingthreaded Other objects and advantages of this conshanks or ends 11 forinsertion throughthe struction will appear in the course of the boltholes 9 and are adjus tably secured in following specification. place bymeans'of nuts 12 above. and below In the drawingf the jaws 8. The loops10--thus mounted in Fi 1 i a id l ti f an utomoplace are forced upagainst the .under sides bile body constructed in accordance with. thisof the ribs 2 by manipulation of the nuts 12 t p ip e; and serve tostabilize.thestructure and hold Figure 2 is a transverse section; it inplace. The doors 1 5 a'resimilarly Figure 3 is a detail of one of theslats b ilt up of the ribs 2 and are lllfed 0-" with steel binding wiresinserted theregether by-sliort wires .16 whichiare passed v through;through the ribs] in manner similar to the v Figure 4: is a detail of astabilizing loop body ,of LL- are te ed h I P- for locking the slats andbody in place; I p s 17 h eIid- ThBhOOCl l is simi ar- Figure 5 is adetail of an anchor loop ily constructed o fribs 2 having their edgesbracket for fastening the ends of the stabilizbeveled as required to.impart h desired to ing loops to the chassis frame; curve and strungtogether by wires in the Figure 6 is a detail of on of the, door samemanner as the doors. The sides of the? constructed in accordance with myimprovehood are then hi g t h ppe Portion i ment; usual manner. I r IFigure 7 is a transverse section of the hood I i vident that this. formof construc- 85. I 35 constructed. in accordance with my improvetiOIienables the ld ng bodiesto- Suitment. 7 r i various'tastes in design andfinish,,a'nd also The invention consists in constructing an that'shoulda portion of the body he 1 automobile body 10f wooden ribs 2which itmay be readily repl c c Y r may be tongued and grooved as shownat.3 .While I have herein described a certain 90 i 40 and 4c for nicelyfitting together. These ribs. specific manner and. method ofconstructing v are pierced with a plurality of equi-spaced andassembling theelements of my invention, bores 5 which extend through theribs transit is" understood that I mayvaryfrom the H Y versely andedgewise, and so that the bores same in minor details, notdepartin'gjfrom run parallel to the sides of the ribs and are the spiritof my invention, so as best to con: 5' adapted to align with each otheras the body struct a practical device/for the purposerinf f isbuilt up.In building up the body, steel tended, as defined in, theappendedclaims. A binding wires 13 are provided and threaded -Iclaim: 11 at. each end. The ends of these wires are 1. The described method ofconstructing passed through the runningboard on one an automobilebody,consisting in building side of the car where they are secured by thebody'of individualribs-strung together a I threaded nipples 14. Theribs2 are then j by means ofwires'and then lockingthe ends 7 I of the Wiresto the running boards at each loops adjustably secured to the frame ofthe the under side by means of stabilizers.

side, and bracing the body so formed from automobile and braced upagainst the ribs. 10

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 2. An automobile body consistingof suture.

perimposed Wooden ribs; binding Wires W. BARKER. passed through the ribsto lock same to- Witnesses: 7

v gether, the ends of the Wires being secured G. S. MADDUX,

to the running boards; and inner stabilizing A. W. MILLER.

